明天 míngtiān — tomorrow

Meanings

1. 1

   tomorrow

   The day after today. Chinese verbs do not change for the future, so a time word like 明天 is what signals that the action has not happened yet.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 明

  míng (second tone, rising)

  bright; clear, evident; to understand; next (明天, 明年); the Ming dynasty

  8 strokes⿰日月Radical 日
• 天

  tiān (first tone, high and level)

  sky, heaven; day; weather (天气)

  4 strokes⿱一大Radical 大

Example sentences

• 明天我不来学校。/明天我不來學校。Míngtiān (second tone, rising) wǒ (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) lái (second tone, rising) xuéxiào. (second tone, rising)···

  I won’t be coming to school tomorrow.

• 我们明天去看电影。/我們明天去看電影。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) míngtiān (second tone, rising) qù (fourth tone, falling) kàn (fourth tone, falling) diànyǐng. (fourth tone, falling)···

  We’re going to see a film tomorrow.

Similar words

Words containing 明

• 明白míngbai (second tone, rising)to understand, to see (what is meant)
• 明显/明顯míng (second tone, rising) xiǎn (third tone, dipping)clear
• 证明/證明zhèng (fourth tone, falling) míng (second tone, rising)proof
• 说明/說明shuō (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)to explain
• 表明biǎomíng (third tone, dipping)to make clear, to indicate, to show (a fact or position)
• 明星míng (second tone, rising) xīng (first tone, high and level)star
• 聪明/聰明cōngming (first tone, high and level)clever, bright, intelligent
• 明确/明確míng (second tone, rising) què (fourth tone, falling)clear-cut
• 明年míng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)next year
• 声明/聲明shēng (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)statement
• 文明wén (second tone, rising) míng (second tone, rising)civilized
• 发明/發明fā (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)to invent
• 明明míng (second tone, rising) míng (second tone, rising)obviously
• 光明guāng (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)light
• 透明tòu (fourth tone, falling) míng (second tone, rising)transparent
• 明智míng (second tone, rising) zhì (fourth tone, falling)sensible
• 查明chá (second tone, rising) míng (second tone, rising)to investigate and find out

Words containing 天

• 天tiān (first tone, high and level)day
• 今天jīntiān (first tone, high and level)today
• 昨天zuótiān (second tone, rising)yesterday
• 天气/天氣tiānqì (first tone, high and level)weather
• 聊天liáotiān (second tone, rising)to chat, to make conversation
• 夏天xià (fourth tone, falling) tiān (first tone, high and level)summer
• 天堂tiān (first tone, high and level) táng (second tone, rising)paradise
• 冬天dōng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)winter
• 天空tiān (first tone, high and level) kōng (first tone, high and level)sky
• 天使tiān (first tone, high and level) shǐ (third tone, dipping)angel
• 整天zhěng (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level)all day long
• 当天/當天dāng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)on that day
• 白天bái (second tone, rising) tiān (first tone, high and level)daytime
• 天下tiān (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)land under heaven
• 春天chūn (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)spring (season)
• 天才tiān (first tone, high and level) cái (second tone, rising)talent
• 天生tiān (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)nature